Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-19
AEAENToS IN wArCu.CasEs.
n Trouble tansed by Changing
Fonr- i-saf clever for blonde
Esu1r

Chicago Nal
I'VE run against a good deal Of the
romance OF life" said a downtown
jsweler 70 me yesterday. People &c.
come fanciful when it comes to iewelry,
as everybody knows: but you would be
surprised to see the mementos that
come to US in the backs Of watch-cases.
In four out of every five watches brought
to US to be regulated, repaired or cleaned,
we find some relic of persons or events.
Sometimes it's a bit of ribbon, or a lock
OF hair or a rose.petal. But oftener it's
a four-leaf clover. The four-leaf clover
is a love token always. 1t is found by
the maiden fair and given to her lover
who tenderly slows it away in the back
Of his wstch-case and forgets all about
it. When his watch goes wrong he
takes 1t to a jeweler, and doesn't think
OF the relic it contains. It is difficult
always to keep these things straight, and
once in a while we mix them up. | re-
member one fellow who came in a short
time ago and registered a kick. He took
out OF his watch i tiny bit of blonde hair
tied with a piece Of pink ribbon, and
told me in good round terms that il had
| got him into trouble. L brought my
watch here a couple OF weeks ago to be
regulated, and forgot to take out a four.
leaf clover l had in the back of it. l
didn't think any more about il till last
night, when my girl looked il the back
Of the case to see if the clover she had
given me was still there. When she
found this lock Of blonde hair she Fixed
me with a cold, glittering glance, and Of.
fered me back my ring. I put in the
next hour trying to explain tina. l didn't
know anything about the blonde hair,
and | didn't meet with fattering sue
cess. But l succeeded in patching up
matters on my sworn statement that l
would recover the four-leaf clover she
gave me. and If you don't hunt up that
clover Ill make more trouble in your old
store than a Deputy Sheriff. And you've
got to give ne a written statement that
you put this dashed blonde hair in my
watch or I'll prosecute you for malicious
mischief. You hear me-
"Well, I took the yellow hair and
pink ribbon and fled it away, and in a
day or two a middle aged man came in
with q wrath all over his face. What
in thunder do you mean by disrupting
a mans family peacc?' he began, as he
pulled ont his watch, and took a four.
leaf clover out OF the back case. DO
you want TO break up a loving house
hold and get me into the divorce court?
l left my watch here with a lock Of my
wife's hair in il, and last night she found
this measly four-leafed clover in place of !
it. I've carried that bit Of hair ever
since we were engaged, aud if l don't
get it back you'd better move to some
other town. What dye mean, anyway?
l never picked a four.leaf clover in my
life, nor did my wife, either. l wouldn't
90 through the row l had last night
again for your whole store. Now, you
hustle and get me back my own keep
sake I produced it and explained how
il had occurred, md his brow cleared. (
Now, I think Of it, he said, as he
started to 70, Just you write me a letter
and tell how this happened, and sign it
and send it for all you re worth. Women
never believe a man unless he lies to EN-,
and l want something TO save me further
trouble The other young man came in
a day or two after and said be desired to
make his regular Thursday evening call. |
and wanted his four.leaf clover and &C.
co~mpauying affidavit. He got them
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